in the earth

基本解释

A deep hole in the earth gaped before us.
我们面前的地上裂开了一个深坑。
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The grape should be heled in the earth in winter.
冬天要把葡萄藤埋入土中以过冬。
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It's part of the East African Rift Valley, a massive tear in the earth's surface, thousands of miles long.
它属于东非大裂谷的一部分；大裂谷在地球表面一道巨大的深裂地形，绵延数千英里之长。

One argument against the comet theory is that a comet would have left a large hole in the Earth's surface.
But the Lady is hoarding that natural gift just as that unprofitable servant had buried his talent in the earth.
但小姐隐藏了大自然的礼物,就好像仆人在世上埋没了他的才华。
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This is how this logic goes -- we are all familiar with this: our body remains to molder in the earth or welter in the ocean , but our incorporeal spirit rises to heaven where it can enjoy an ethereal, a bodiless, world of eternity.
就是这种逻辑--我们都熟悉这个：,我们的肉体在地下或是海底归于腐朽,但灵魂却会升入天堂,在那里享受无形的永生。
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Three logs had been lashed together and planted in the earth as a crude little fence.
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